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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joe Maddon will be managing by the book next year Fernando Rodney Jersey , and the book is “Managing Millennials for Dummies.”The Chicago Cubs manager will head to spring training just after his 65th birthday, a generation or two removed from his players and entering the final season of his contract.“You always think this ‘for dummies’ thing is really rudimentary written — it’s really well written and it’s really well researched,” he said Tuesday at the winter meetings. “I’m learning about traditionalists, baby boomers, the Xers and then millennials. I’m really starting to understand this a little bit better.”Maddon has spent more than four decades as a baseball manager, coach and scout. After brief managing stints with the California Angels in 1996 and ’99, he led the Tampa Bay Rays from 2006-14 and then the Cubs since 2015. In his second season, he helped Chicago to its first World Series title since 19008.“Whether anybody here agrees or disagrees with the generation and how they process things doesn’t matter, because that’s the way it is,” he said. “And if that’s the way it is, just like my dad, that generation thought we were a bunch of babies, the boomers. The traditionalists thought they’re all soft. And then you think the Xers are soft. The Xers think the millennials are soft. It doesn’t matter. You have to figure out how to communicate and extract the best out of this group and make sure that you’re always on the same page.”In addition to the “Managing Millennials” book by Hannah L. Ubl http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , Lisa X. Walden and Debra Arbit, Maddon has been studying “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy,” written by Siva Vaidhyanathan.“You have to make your adjustments. And that’s what I’m working on right now is to understand better how I could better serve these guys,” Maddon said.Maddon claimed he doesn’t mind Cubs president Theo Epstein has not given him a new deal.“Theo and I have had some really good conversations. I totally understand where he’s coming from. I am not offended,” Maddon said. “If you have a lot of self-confidence, things like that should do not bother you — and I do. I’m going to do my job like you’ve always seen me do my job. I might alter it a little bit regarding getting out on the field a little bit more often. What we’ve done over the last four years I feel pretty good about, feel strongly about. Let’s just win the World Series and see how that all plays out.”Maddon hopes to remain as Cubs manager beyond 2019.“The concept that Theo and I have any kind of a disengagement or a lack of philosophical sameness is untrue,” he said. “We have great conversations. And we’re definitely almost a 100 percent on the same page all the time.” NEW YORK (AP) — Trea Turner touched the plate, then turned to his teammates on the bench.“We did it, boys,” he told them.Turner set off a lively dugout celebration after scoring a run that ended Washington’s 32-inning scoreless drought and the Nationals broke loose in a huge way, hammering the New York Mets 15-0 Sunday.“I think everybody knew it was coming,” slugger Bryce Harper said.The Nationals had been shut out in three straight games — for the first time since the team moved from Montreal to Washington in 2005 — before Juan Soto’s RBI groundout in the sixth.Ahead 1-0 in the eighth Joe Mauer Jersey , Nats erupted for eight more runs in their biggest inning of the season. The burst featured homers by Adam Eaton and Wilmer Difo, and a three-run, pinch-hit double by Harper.Mark Reynolds launched his sixth career grand slam to highlight a six-run ninth.“The bats, like I said, these guys can hit,” manager Dave Martinez said. “They proved that the last couple of innings.”The romp came with a cost, though, as Nationals reliever Kelvin Herrera was carted off the field with one out to go. He handled Jose Bautista’s grounder, but hurt the top of his left foot running to first base and hopped to the bag.Herrera had X-rays and was on crutches and wearing a boot after the game. The Nationals said they didn’t yet have an update on his injury.Hoping for the Nationals’ first run since Ryan Zimmerman’s game-ending homer on Wednesday night, Martinez wrapped up his pregame media session with this exhortation: “Let’s score some points!”They did, and Jefry Rodriguez (2-1) produced his best performance since his big league debut in June. The 25-year-old righty blanked the Mets on two singles for six innings. He walked four and struck out three.The Nationals neared the worst slump in franchise history, a 34-inning streak in 2004 as the Expos. The major league record is 48 innings without a run by the 1968 Chicago Cubs and the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics.Turner almost stopped Washington’s string by himself, leading off the sixth with a drive that hit the padding atop the left-field wall and went for a double. He took third on a single by Anthony Rendon and Glen Perkins Jersey , after Zimmerman struck out, scored on Soto’s slow roller to the right side.Turner’s teammates lined up on the bench for a row of hearty high-fives, plus plenty of relieved smiles.“Just scoring that one run was kind of nice,” Martinez said.Eaton, who had four hits, started the eighth-inning frenzy with an infield single and capped it with a two-run homer.In between, Soto drew a bases-loaded walk, Harper doubled and Difo followed with a homer that silenced the crowd. Harper and Difo slapped hands at the plate, loud enough to be heard in the second deck.“It’s just weird how things happen,” Martinez said.Steven Matz (5-11) gave up one run and five hits over seven innings in his fifth start of the year against Washington. He did a lot better than the previous time he faced them — on July 31, he was tagged for seven runs and recorded just two outs in the poorest outing of his career, a 25-4 loss.Mets manager Mickey Callaway was startled by how quickly a one-run game turned into a blowout. The rout matched their most lopsided loss at Citi Field, which opened in 2009. Philadelphia beat the Mets 16-1 in 2012.“We threw 78 pitches in two innings and I think we gave up a few homers http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , too many walks. We just didn’t throw enough strikes,” he said.BIG LITTLE LEAGUERSThe Staten Island team that reached the U.S. semifinals at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, worked out on the field before the game. Callaway threw batting practice and pitchers Zack Wheeler and Robert Gsellman helped the youngsters shag flyballs.TRAINER’S ROOMNationals: Harper wasn’t feeling well and didn’t start. … RHP Ryan Madson was scheduled to throw a bullpen and could come off the disabled list Monday if he feels fine. He hasn’t pitched since Aug. 12 because of nerve irritation that caused pain in his back and neck.Mets: 2B Jeff McNeil walked and singled to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, but left after six innings with tightness in his right quad. He’s day to day.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (6-7, 4.23 ERA) starts vs. RHP Zach Eflin (9-4, 3.93) at Philadelphia on Monday night. Strasburg came off the disabled list last week after missing more than a month with a neck problem and gave up five runs in four innings against the Phillies. His velocity dipped in his last inning.Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-3, 3.68 ERA) starts vs. Cubs LHP Jon Lester (14-5, 3.64) in a three-game series at Wrigley Field that begins Monday night.